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Bradenton amends land-use code to include certified recovery residences and accommodation process
Summary
On a unanimous vote the council adopted Ordinance 4069 to define certified recovery residences in the land-use code, classify them among group care uses, and create a process for reasonable accommodations under state law.
Bradenton— The City Council adopted Ordinance 4069 on March 25 to incorporate "certified recovery residences" into the city's land-use regulations and to establish a local process for requests for reasonable accommodations under Florida Statutes section 397.487.
Robin Singer, the city's planning and community development director, told council the ordinance updates definitions to align the local code with state requirements, classifies certified recovery residences as group care homes or group care facilities where appropriate, and provides for a departmental review followed by a final determination to city council within 60 days when a reasonable-accommodation request is filed.
"This is an ordinance to incorporate recovery residences, certified recovery residences into our code in accordance with what the state currently requires," Singer said. The ordinance allows the city to review special uses and, where a requested accommodation would impose an undue financial or administrative burden or fundamentally alter the nature of local zoning, to consider alternative accommodations or conditions.
Council opened a public hearing; there were no speakers. After discussion, the council approved second reading of Ordinance 4069 on a 5-0 vote.
The ordinance establishes procedural safeguards and timelines for applicants and preserves city council oversight where accommodations are contested or may require conditions.
(Approved: 5-0)
